Lib Dem election victory in Bristol West

By Laura_Local | Friday, May 07, 2010, 14:48

LIberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams has retained his Bristol West seat in the 2010 General Election.

Stephen Williams MP

Voters in Redland and the surrounding areas showed their support for the Lib Dems with almost 1/2 of all voters choosing Stephen Williams as their preferred candidate.

His 26,593 votes have left him with a majority of around 11,000 (double his previous majority in 2005).

In second place was Labour candidate Paul Smith with just over 15,000 votes. In third place was Conservative Nick Yarker with just over 10,000 votes, followed by Green Party candidate Ricky Knight with more than 2,000 votes.

UKIP candidate Chris Lees, English Democrat John Baker and Benny Hill candidate Danny Kushlick (for the People's Manifesto) all polled less than 1,000 votes.

Unlike several polling stations in the UK which left queues of disappointed folk unable to cast their vote, polling in Redland went smoothly with hundreds of voters heading to the ballot boxes first thing.

Nationally, the Liberal Democrats were not doing as well as expected and the Conservatives, as predicted, are looking set to win the most seats but without an overall majority in the House of Commons.

The local Redland election results should drop this afternoon.

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Commenting on his election victory Stephen said: "I thank everyone in Bristol West who put their trust in me. The scale of the victory is particularly pleasing. I look forward to working with all the communities across the new Bristol West seat, which now stretches from Clifton to Easton.
"The Liberal Democrats secured 23% of the vote across the country and a million more supporters compared to 2005. Yet we still have less than 10% of the House of Commons seats. The Conservatives won only 36% of the vote, so have no mandate to govern alone. Electoral reform and a new politics are clearly essential. My colleagues and I will be working in the coming days to secure a stable government that can tackle our economic crisis and usher in a new era of deep political reform."

By Laura_Local at 14:23 on 11/05/10
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